Just wanted to make that clear. According to Declan McCullagh at CNET, Alberto Gonzales's Justice Department is floating around the idea that Internet Service Providers should be required to retain records of their customers' internet activities. Under the the Electronic Communication Transactional Records Act of 1996, these companies already have to preserve records of … [Read more...] about Alberto Gonzales Is a Fascist Pig!
Another Reason I Couldn’t Be A Criminal Lawyer
One of defense lawyer Norm Pattis's ex-clients apparently wants to kill him. On the one hand, he's got an internal justification for his actions (revenge), and he doesn't seem like the type to care about the consequences. So he's a serious threat in that sense. On the other hand, I don't see how the guy can pull this off. I mean, he didn't have the ability to order a hit … [Read more...] about Another Reason I Couldn’t Be A Criminal Lawyer
MADD Man
The news media have been having fun reporting that Glynn Birch, the new national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, is a man. That MADD would chose a president who has never been a mother doesn't surprise me a bit, but I'll get back to that later. Meanwhile, lets look at a few excerpts from MADD's press release about their new president. The first paragraph … [Read more...] about MADD Man
Portrait of A Slashdotting
I few weeks ago I accidentally helped break the Google Earth story and got linked from Slashdot, which resulted in an inundation of visits to this site. People have been asking what that's like. Take a look: You can see it all. The left half of the graph is my initial pitifully low traffic. On May 28th, you can see a bit of a bump where Google Blogoscoped linked to me. … [Read more...] about Portrait of A Slashdotting
Ripley Again
My wife pointed out I haven't done any Friday Catblogging in a while, so here's a picture of Ripley: … [Read more...] about Ripley Again